I wish they would've signed Frans Neilsen
- mickel25

Nice player, but he's a 32 year old player that Detroit signed to a 6 year deal for 5.25M a year.

Nice player, but he's a 32 year old player that Detroit signed to a 6 year deal for 5.25M a year.
- MJL

Dang. That is a ton of money! I thought he would have been cheaper than that. I retract my endorsement of signing Neilson.

Nice player, but he's a 32 year old player that Detroit signed to a 6 year deal for 5.25M a year.
- MJL

That is insane.

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- ggunky

Nice player, but he's a 32 year old player that Detroit signed to a 6 year deal for 5.25M a year.
- MJL

They also have Zetterberg and Franzen who will both be 40 when their contracts are up. Kronwall will be 37 when his is up.

- funmaster18

- Pixote Andolini

Williams does this to Giroux or Voracek and we're asking for a 10+ game suspension.

Excited for tonight, and for this season! Big things are coming!

Williams does this to Giroux or Voracek and we're asking for a 10+ game suspension.
- jmatchett383

moral of the story...dont chop at the goalie (for whatever reason)

ITS TIME BOYS

Williams does this to Giroux or Voracek and we're asking for a 10+ game suspension.
- jmatchett383

That's a long time to be without G or V. I'd ask for less.

ITS TIME BOYS
- 2Real

no not yet

Congrats to S2TP who predicted a rumor correctly

Blown out in the home opener... how long till Torts gets fired?
- Feanor

They have Dubinsky as their No. 1 center. That just can't hold up for very long at all

Williams does this to Giroux or Voracek and we're asking for a 10+ game suspension.
- jmatchett383

How about that rat Shaw getting nothing for his slew foot last night?

http://sports.yahoo.com/n...foot-video-030847607.html

The DPS is a joke.

Congrats to S2TP who predicted a rumor correctly
- YuenglingJagr

In all honesty, I don't know. I understand what his role is and why he was signed. That doesn't mean that I have to like the player and can't wish that he could do more or find faults with his game. Even if he wins 55% of his PK draws and helps lighten the load on Giroux, I still don't have to be happy with his overall skillset.
- jmatchett383

It's a bit of a paradox. If a player can be a good face-off guy but if he has a broader skill set and offensive chops, everyone starts saying he's being wasted on PK and D-zone face-off duties. So you start giving him more O-zone time. Then you have to bring in a guy who in another good face-off guy. If he's got the broader skill set, everyone says he's being wasted in the... and so on. Or you bring in a cheap face-off slug like Gordon, and everyone complains he doesn't have other skills.

Williams does this to Giroux or Voracek and we're asking for a 10+ game suspension.
- jmatchett383

Hopefully Giroux or Voracek doesn't do what Malkin did. Good for Williams. If he gets suspended, they better take Malkin with him. Cheap shot by Malkin.

It's a bit of a paradox. If a player can be a good face-off guy but if he has a broader skill set and offensive chops, everyone starts saying he's being wasted on PK and D-zone face-off duties. So you start giving him more O-zone time. Then you have to bring in a guy who in another good face-off guy. If he's got the broader skill set, everyone says he's being wasted in the... and so on. Or you bring in a cheap face-off slug like Gordon, and everyone complains he doesn't have other skills.
- ChoclitLeClair

Good points, but ideally you'd like to have multiple centers that can play against top lines, and matchup, as well as take draws and play on the PK. Same for lines. If Gordon was a LH shot, I don't think the Flyers sign him.

Hopefully Giroux or Voracek doesn't do what Malkin did. Good for Williams. If he gets suspended, they better take Malkin with him. Cheap shot by Malkin.
- MJL

Just by looking at the gif and not actual video it doesn't look like a cheap shot by Malkin. It looks like Holtby had just covered the puck with his glove about the same time Malkin tries to poke it free.

Hopefully Giroux or Voracek doesn't do what Malkin did. Good for Williams. If he gets suspended, they better take Malkin with him. Cheap shot by Malkin.
- MJL

Agreed. You don't chop the goalie. I don't care who you are or what team you are on.

Just by looking at the gif and not actual video it doesn't look like a cheap shot by Malkin. It looks like Holtby had just covered the puck with his glove about the same time Malkin tries to poke it free.
- Streit2ThePoint

That was a full on slash. Not a poke attempt.

Just by looking at the gif and not actual video it doesn't look like a cheap shot by Malkin. It looks like Holtby had just covered the puck with his glove about the same time Malkin tries to poke it free.
- Streit2ThePoint

Malkin clotheslined Williams before that and the Penguins hit Holtby previously in the game. Malkin had it coming.

How about that rat Shaw getting nothing for his slew foot last night?

http://sports.yahoo.com/n...foot-video-030847607.html

The DPS is a joke.
- Feanor

He got nothing??? That was as dirty as it gets.